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What is one relatively trivial patch compared to the plethora of other worse issues you have, the time and money you waste?
by Avamander 7y ago
What is one relatively trivial patch compared to the plethora of other worse issues you have, the time and money you waste?
- akerl_ 7y agoHaving to patch a country’s worth of deployed hardware tokens doesn’t sound like a trivial effort to me.
- jkachmar 7y agoNot GP, but: I think the point is more that even the (massive) concentrated effort it takes to patch the IDs will be less than the collective impact of not having those IDs at all (in terms of the convenience it would add to peoples’ lives) OR having the IDs without the patches at all.
- pvg 7y agoIt's not an example of global PKI either way. It's essentially a city-sized experiment in using cryptographic technology.
- Avamander 7y agoIt's the closest to global we've had that involves actual people and agencies, not just computers. Dismissing it only gets you "send us a picture of your gas bill to prove your identity"-level hindrance and mess.